EMDR

I keep hearing about EMDR, but I have no idea what it is.

That’s probably because it’s kinda hard to explain! I’ll do my best. EMDR is a non-traditional form of therapy that research shows can help reduce symptoms related to trauma, anxiety, and stress.

EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing… yeah, that mouthful doesn’t really help too much.

During an EMDR session, both sides of your brain are stimulated through eye movements, touch, or sound. This process has been scientifically proven to assist the brain in reprocessing memories in such a way that they will no longer cause you pain or suffering.

God, what’s wrong with me that I need this kind of help to get over my past?

It’s important to know that there’s not something wrong with you because you have memories that trigger years of historical emotions. The problem is that traumatic memories are stored differently than other ones. They get stuck in a way that they don’t move through the brain’s natural healing process.

Working with both sides of your brain at once re-stimulates this process and gets it going again. Think of it like a conveyer belt that got stuck and then gets jump-started again.

Through EMDR, your brain learns what lessons it can from your memories and lets the rest go, so you can live your life without being hounded by your past anymore.

Am I going to need to go through all my trauma and relive it in detail to make this work?

Good news – no! EMDR involves me asking you a variety of questions during brain stimulation about what happened to you. You have the option of answering these questions out loud or just to yourself.  If you can tell me whether you are feeling better emotionally during the process, we are good to go.

Contact me today so we can start making your present free of your past!